Michael wrote:
Why is that, anyway? Airspace issues?

Pretty much. We're so close to IAH that either the FAC will take us
into IAH approach airspace, or the miss will.

You're at EYQ, right? Airnav says it's 16 miles from IAH to EYQ.
It's hard to imagine they couldn't design a straight-in approach to at
least one end of 9/27 that didn't interfere if they wanted to.

The fact that they're up to GPS-G and NDB-F must mean they've tried a
few different variations over the years :-)